Improvement in goes and cane-habvestee



Patented Aug. 20, 1867.

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EDWARD H. CLINTON, WASHINGTON PRATHER, AND HENRY. 0. HUTQ IN SON, OF IOWA CITE-IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 67,955, dated August 20, 1867.

IMPBOVEMENT IN CORN AND GA NE-HARVESTBR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, EDWARD 'I-I. CLINTON, WASHINGTON PRATIIER, and HENRY O. HU'rcnINsoN, of Iowa City, in the county of Johnson, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved Corn and Cane-Harvester, and that the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full. and exact specification of thesame, wherein we have set forth the nature and principles of our said im provements,'by which our invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together. with .such parts as -we claim and desire'to have secured to us by Letters Patent.

This invention relates too. new and improved machine for cutting standing corn and sugarcane, and depositing it in gavels for shocking or for the convenience'of depositing it upon carts or wagons for carrying it out of the field to any placewhere required. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of our invention.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Figure 3, a transverse section of the same, taken in. the line a: z, fig. 1..

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. V I A represents the frame of themachine, which is supported at its rear part by two wheels, B B, and at its front part by a caster-wheel, C, the drivers s eat D being on the front part of the'frame A. The wheels B B rotateon'fixed axles a d, andeach wheel has a toothed rim, E, secured to its inner side, said rims gearing into pinions F on shafts b b, placed on the rear part of the frame A, and which shafts, by means of bevel-gears e, givealmotion to the pulleys G G on vertical shafts g At the front part of frame A there are two vertical shafts, c 0, one near each side, on each of which there is a pulley,- f, and a circular saw, H. These saws may be constructed of a single piece of steel, or they may be composed of a series of segments bolted to a wheel on the shafts 0. Motion, it will be seen, is given these saws as the machine is drawn along by means of belts f from the shafts b b. On the frame A there is secured a series of fixed transverse slats, 9, an opening or space, It, being allowed between the. inner ends of the slats, which opening extends the whole length of the frame A, as shown in fig. 2. Between the fixed slats 9 spaces are allowed to receive the slats t' of the frames I I, which are fitted loosely on rods jj, secured longitudinally in the frame A, a frame, I, being at each side of the frame A, and, when not actuated'by mechanism, hereinafter described, allowed to rest on the frame A by their own gravityf These frames I I may be raised when desired in order to dump their-load, by'mesn's of a lcver, J, which is within convenient reach of tho driver on his seat D, said lever having its lower end attached to a shaft, K, on each end of which there is secured a pendent-arm, k, the latter being connected by rods llto the front ends of bent levers DI, the rear ends of which are connected by rods m to the inner ends of the frames I I, At each side of the front end of the frame A there is an upright shaft, M, and these shafts have horizontal arms, 11 projecting from their upper ends. On the lower parts of' these shafts there are secured cranks o o, to ivhich'one end of curved arms N is attached by pivots p, the opposite ends of said arms being pivoted to the frame A. The arms N project a little in front of the saws H, and they have springs, q, attached, which have a tendency tokeep them in an outward position. To the front end of the frame A, at each side, there are attached fingers O O, which, hs the machine is drawn along, direct the standing corn or cone to the saws H H, and the corn or canepresses'inward the arms N, and causes the arms n n, on the top of the upright shafts M M, to throw the corn or cane backward on the frames I I, the saws H, by their rotation, cutting off the corn or cane. When a suflicient quantity of cut corn or cane is on the frames I I, it is discharged through the opening or space it by throwing forward the lever J, and thereby raising the frames I I.

This machine is extremely simple and efficient, there being no parts liable to get out of repair or become deranged by use. I 7

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-=- 1. The discharging frames I I, applied to the frame A, and actuated through the medium of the lever J, substantially as described. 7 I

2. The combination of the circular saws or cutters H, arms N N,1connected with the shafts M, provided with the arms u at their upper ends, and the dischargingfrhmes I I, all arranged in connection with the mounted frame A, to operate substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD H. CLINTON,

WASHINGTON PRATHER, HENRY O. HUTOHINSON.

Witnesses:

F. P. TAYLon, V; G. Lee. 

